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Data on child poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/data-on-child-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 The TransMONEE database: Data on children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States: this database is associated with with the UNICEF MONEE project on...
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National student learning analytics service for HE and FE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/national-student-learning-analytics-service-for-he-and-fe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 A new national learning analytics service has been launched by Jisc. It is the world’s first national student learning analytics service.
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Sweatshops
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/sweatshops/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 Following the recent tragedy in Bangladesh- would you pay more for ethical production? Depressingly, a H uff/Post YouGov poll of American shoppers found little awareness about the...
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Student placement in Special Collections, Week 5-6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/09/19/student-placement-in-special-collections-week-5-6/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on September 19, 2025 Guest post written by Yi-Chen Su and Yongqin Huang, who are completing an eight week placement in Archives & Special Collections as part of their MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies .
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Will people need cash in the future?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/08/will-people-need-cash-in-the-future/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2019 This week the Access to Cash report was published. This independent survey found that the many people in the UK, primarily the poor, continue to rely heavily on cash.
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Sites for Pride Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/28/sites-for-pride-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 28, 2021 Europeana LGBT Plus now has a page of great historic LGBT resources from Europe’s national and libraries and museums.
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Homelessness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/homelessness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Councils struggling to cope with homeless people.
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Internet privacy and freedom of expression
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/23/internet-privacy-and-freedom-of-expression/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2012 http://www.unesco.
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International Day to remember slavery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/international-day-to-remember-slavery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 23 rd August was the designated International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition .
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Politics and International Relations BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/politics-and-international-relations-ba/2026
At Leicester you’ll gain a thorough grounding in the study of both politics and international relations, led by the expertise of our lecturers, and guest speakers from MPs to diplomats.